University Accreditation 2025

Reaffirmation Goals 

As part of maintaining university accreditation, Cal State East Bay (and all California State University’s) periodically undergo a reaffirmation of accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). The goal of our reaffirmation review in 2025 is Cal State East Bay’s demonstration of the ongoing improvement of student learning, student success, and institutional effectiveness. This process affirms the University is meeting acceptable levels of quality demonstrating compliance with WSCUC standards and federal regulations. Reaffirmation also helps to ensure credits and degrees earned by students are continued to be recognized for employment and transfer to other institutions. It is also required for state funding and federal aid.

Accreditation Review Team Visit March 19-21

The Cal State East Bay campus hosted an official accreditation reaffirmation team visit from our accrediting agency, the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) on March 19-21, 2025. Thank you students, staff, and faculty for participating. 

Next, the WSCUC team members will prepare and send the University their report on the visit and CSUEB's Institutional Report. President Sandeen will have the opportunity to submit a response. WSCUC will then send an action letter to President Sandeen and the University's Accreditation Liaison Officer, Fanny Yeung in the summer, 2025. It will then be distributed to the campus community along with next steps the university community will take to implement these action items. WSCUC will also publish the action letter and team report on its website.

Learn More about the Preparation Process

• Watch Cal State East Bay's Leadership team announcing Planning for University Accreditation 2025 starting in Fall 2022 and this brief slide presentation What to Know about University Accreditation 2025. 
• Review President Sandeen's update in spring 2024 highlighting our progress, and along with CSUEB's Accreditation Liaison Officer, Dr. Fanny Yeung, welcoming campus wide-input on a draft of the institutional report through May 17, 2024. Thank you students, staff, and faculty for reviewing and providing your feedback for the final insitutional report. 
• Review President Sandeen's spring 2025 accreditation update reminding the campus community to remain informed and involved with the reaffirmation process. 
• Watch the WSCUC brief video developed for students, What is Accreditation and Why Does it Matter to me?